One of the pranksters who stormed the stage on the X Factor during Honey G's performance posted a brazen video clue seconds before doing so.

Troll Station member Daniel Jarvis was seen by millions of people as he ran onto the stage in front of the Simon Cowell and Co. and laid his hands on Honey G in a worrying security lapse.

Ex-con Jarvis was jailed for 20 weeks over a 'terrifying' fake art heist which caused a stampede at the National Portrait Gallery because it came just weeks after the Tunisia beach massacre and some the pranksters wore tights over their heads.

In the seconds before TV cameras caught him being pushed down the aisle among the audience to run on the stage, Jarvis recoded a four-second video revealing his intention.

Accompanied by the caption 'Making my X factor debut today so excited. Live on itv1 from 8pm!!!', Jarvis puts his finger to his lips, grins and winks.

Daniel Jarvis gives a 'V for victory' sign moments before jumping on stage with Honey G on The X-Factor (Image: Facebook)

Jarvis is a founding member of Troll Station, a UK YouTube channel which creates and hosts videos by pranksters.

On Saturday night's live quarter final, Jarvis stormed the stage and proceeded to dad dance as the divisive rapper performed a mash up of Can't Touch This and Super Freak.

Troll Station retweeted a LOT of social media posts from fans voicing their surprise at the ambitious stunt before revealing that they were behind the security breach.

Pranksters Troll Station have owned up to the stage invasion led by Jarvis, rear left

Jarvis - seen wearing a grey coat during the invasion - ended up in jail over the National Gallery prank. He was also once arrested after a prank backfired, leaving him accused of a bomb hoax.

The group had pledged to tone down its activities after warnings form the police, however, this stands as the group's highest profile incident to date.

Dan (rear left) and the Troll Station group

An X Factor spokesman said: “There was a stage invasion by four men, with one further person in support. All five had been in the audience. They were spoken to by police and security and have now been removed from the studio.”

The shock scenes started when a grey suit wearing fan grabbed Honey G by the shoulders, grabbing her hand and mic, while the bemused judges carried on.

Nicole and Simon looked a little concerned, while Sharon laughed and Louis simply carried on talking, ignoring the unexpected guest.

Footage shows Jarvis being pushed towards the stage in what looked like a timed move (Image: ITV)